What's the median rent in Bromley-by-Bow West?

The median monthly rent across Bromley-by-Bow West is £2,396.

How well-connected is Bromley-by-Bow West?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 20 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Bromley-by-Bow West?

There are 47 schools within 2 km of Bromley-by-Bow West, of which 46% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 400 m away.

What is the council tax band in Bromley-by-Bow West?

The most common council tax band in Bromley-by-Bow West is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,700. Council tax is set by Tower Hamlets council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Bromley-by-Bow West to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Bromley-by-Bow West to central London is approximately 20 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Bromley-by-Bow West?

100% of premises in Bromley-by-Bow West are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Bromley-by-Bow West?

Bromley-by-Bow West sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Bromley-by-Bow West?

21% of households in Bromley-by-Bow West are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Bromley-by-Bow West?

The average property price across Tower Hamlets (the local authority covering Bromley-by-Bow West) is approximately £455,307, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Bromley-by-Bow West a commuter town or workplace hub?

Mixed — jobs and residents are roughly balanced. (1.11 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £45,183.)

Which local areas are part of Bromley-by-Bow West?

Bromley-by-Bow West contains 7 local areas: Tower Hamlets 012G, Tower Hamlets 012D, Tower Hamlets 012E, Tower Hamlets 012F, Tower Hamlets 012B…

What is the average rent in Bromley-by-Bow West?

The estimated median monthly rent in Bromley-by-Bow West is £2,396. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Bromley-by-Bow West a safe place to live?

Bromley-by-Bow West has a safety score of 34/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Bromley-by-Bow West?

46% of schools within 2 km of Bromley-by-Bow West are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Bromley-by-Bow West?

Public-transport commute time from Bromley-by-Bow West to central London is approximately 20 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Bromley-by-Bow West different from the rest of Tower Hamlets?

Bromley-by-Bow West contains 7 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Bromley-by-Bow West rank in Tower Hamlets?

Bromley-by-Bow West scores 68/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Tower Hamlets, see the Cities table on the Tower Hamlets page.

Neighbourhood · Tower Hamlets · London

Bromley-by-Bow West

Tower Hamlets 012 · 7 sub-areas · 14,362 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Young professionals (89/100)Watch-out: Families (53/100)Liveability 68/100 · Above medianWorkplace hub

Bromley-by-Bow West is a workplace corner of Tower Hamlets — daytime population swells with commuters, the streetscape leans busy and built-up rather than residential, and most residents who do live here rent rather than own. The population skews young, with a high concentration of 18- to 34-year-olds.

Median rent

£2,396+1.8%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

116.8

Below median

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

20 min

Direct to London

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

46%

47 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

68/100

Above median

Population

14,362

7 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Bromley-by-Bow West?

A snapshot of Bromley-by-Bow West

The area is unusually green for its density — 13 parks and 13 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 11 restaurants and 2 pubs in five minutes; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents sit firmly in the upper bracket nationally, with a typical home letting at around £2,396 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 7 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Bromley-by-Bow West in Tower Hamlets

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £2,396 a month — 118% above the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band C.

Median rentCouncil area

£2,396/mo

Up 1.8% on last year

+£1,296 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£2,538/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £1,700/yr · £142/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

4.3 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−14% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £2,362/mo · £1,181/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£1,946/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£2,362/mo£1,181/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£2,681/mo£894/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£3,308/mo£827/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£2,231/mo

Terraced house£2,673/mo

Semi-detached£2,933/mo

Detached house£3,006/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

80%

of take-home

£2,396/mo per person · take-home £3,004/moA stretch

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

39%

of take-home

£1,181/mo per person · take-home £3,004/moTight but workable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

30%

of take-home

£894/mo per person · take-home £3,004/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

40%

of take-home

£1,198/mo per person · take-home £3,004/moTight but workable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£2,059/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£391,250

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£455,307-11.6% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£2,059/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)7.2%

Years to save 10% deposit4.3 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £1,838/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£1,838/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£1,700/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B23%

Households in fuel poverty7.9%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Bromley-by-Bow West?

Safety scores 34/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 1.2× the national average (116.8 per 1,000 residents per year).

ContextRates are per resident. As a major workday and tourist destination, the daytime population here is much larger than the resident base — so the per-resident figure overstates a typical resident's exposure.

Crime / 1k / yr

116.8

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 17 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

34/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

2/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

31.9 /1k

Anti-social behaviour

29.8 /1k

Public order

6.1 /1k

Vehicle crime

7.4 /1k

Criminal damage & arson

5.6 /1k

Burglary

6.7 /1k

Other theft

6.2 /1k

Shoplifting

4.0 /1k

Drugs

6.1 /1k

Theft from the person

2.8 /1k

Possession of weapons

1.6 /1k

Robbery

2.8 /1k

Bicycle theft

1.8 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Bromley-by-Bow West

Strong transport links — 99/100; nearest rail station is Limehouse at around 1603 m; 82 bus stops within five minutes' walk; London is reachable in 20 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

99/100

Best 5% nationally

Best hub commute

20 min

Direct to London

WFH share

36%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Limehouse

1.6 km walk · 20 min to London

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Devons Road DLR Station

258 m walk · DLR

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: London in 20 min

London

20 min

Manchesterapprox

158 min

Birminghamapprox

108 min

Leedsapprox

160 min

Liverpoolapprox

168 min

Bristolapprox

119 min

Sheffieldapprox

150 min

Edinburghapprox

274 min

Glasgowapprox

303 min

Cardiffapprox

140 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)36% work from home

Drive14%Public transport34%Walk / cycle12%Work from home36%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Bromley-by-Bow West

47 schools within a 2 km radius; around 46% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, Wellington Primary School, is around 507 m away.

School scoreHow? →

97/100

Best 5% nationally

Schools within 2 km

22 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

46%

Of all schools within 2 km

−24.2 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Wellington Primary School

507 m from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
St Paul's Way Trust School	Academy Converter	Good	404 m
Wellington Primary School	Community School	Outstanding	507 m
Stebon Primary School	Academy Converter	Outstanding	627 m
St Agnes RC Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Outstanding	652 m
Manorfield Primary School	Community School	Good	664 m

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Bromley-by-Bow West?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs2≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants11≤ 500 m
Cafés4≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety10≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas2≤ 2 km
Theatres1≤ 2 km
Museums2≤ 2 km
Galleries5≤ 2 km
Nightclubs1≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks13≤ 500 m
Playgrounds13≤ 500 m
Gyms4≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)82≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)82≤ 1 km
Rail stations1≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Bromley-by-Bow West right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

53/100

Mixed

Schools (46% Good+ within 2 km) and the family-age share fall below what most parents look for here.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

89/100

Great fit

Transport scores 99/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises; degree-educated peers make up 40% of adults.

See transport ranking →

Couples

58/100

Mixed

Rent, safety, or liveability falls below what most couples prioritise — worth comparing against nearby neighbourhoods.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

69/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~408 m, hospital ~1.5 km), greenspace is walkable, and 5% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

67/100

Good fit

Gross yield 7.2%, capital growth -11.6% YoY, 32% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

73/100

Good fit

Private-rental stock is decent (32% PRS), 30% of households are single-person, and transit is on the doorstep.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 snapshot: young-skewing population (36% aged 18–34).

Age profile

Under 1822%18–3436%35–4923%50–6411%65+5%

Tenure

Owned21%Private rent32%Social rent52%

Households

One person30%Couple with children19%Lone parent14%Other15%

Property types

Flat95%Terraced3%Semi-detached2%Detached0%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 63/100

Ethnic group

White31%Asian50%Black10%Mixed5%Other3%

Country of birth

UK-born57%Born outside UK43%

Religion

Christian20%Muslim50%No religion20%Other3%

Education and health40% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)40.0%+6.5 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications18.6%

Self-rated good or very good health83.7%

Self-rated bad or very bad health5.2%

Disabled (Equality Act)14.6%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

balanced — local jobs roughly match the resident workforce (1.11 jobs per resident); median resident salary £45,183/year; 6.7% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£45,183/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

11.2%

ONS ILO method — 61% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

376,000

1.11 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 11.2% · 61% economically active · 39% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 11.2% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed54%Unemployed7%Inactive39%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 6.7% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Finance

Health & social

7.7%

Retail & hospitality

11.4%

Education

5.6%

Manufacturing

0.8%

Professional

18.0%

Construction

1.6%

Tech & ICT

12.8%

Finance

21.1%

Net commute flow: +343,312 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Bromley-by-Bow West

7 sub-areas and 196 postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Tower Hamlets 012G	£2,396	31	10	99	View →
Tower Hamlets 012D	£2,396	43	14	99	View →
Tower Hamlets 012E	£2,396	45	10	99	View →
Tower Hamlets 012F	£2,396	80	—	99	View →
Tower Hamlets 012B	£2,396	68	54	97	View →
Tower Hamlets 012H	£2,396	80	75	92	View →
Tower Hamlets 012A	£2,396	73	61	98	View →

Postcodes covered

In Tower Hamlets 012G

E3 3AE E3 3FL E3 3NU E3 3PN E3 3QF E3 3QG E3 3QH E3 3QJ E3 3QN E3 3QP E3 3QR E3 3QS E3 3QU E3 3QX E3 3RA E3 3RB E3 3RD E3 3RE E3 3RF E3 3RG E3 3RH E3 3RJ E3 3RN E3 3RP E3 3RQ E3 3RR E3 3RS E3 3RT E3 3RW E3 3RY E3 3ST E3 3UR E3 3US E3 3UT E3 3UU E3 3UW E3 3UX E3 3UY E3 3ZJ E3 3ZL E3 4DD

In Tower Hamlets 012H

E3 3AN E3 3AQ E3 3RU E3 3RZ E3 4AX E3 4DE E3 4EF E3 4FA E3 4FF E3 4FG E3 4FQ E3 4FS E3 4FU E3 4QW E3 4YU

In Tower Hamlets 012F

E3 3FN E3 3FW E3 3FX E3 3FY E3 3GU E3 3GW E3 3GX E3 3GY E3 3LG E3 3PB E3 3PJ E3 3QQ E3 3TQ E3 3TR E3 3TS E3 3TU E3 3TW E3 3TX E3 3TY E3 3TZ E3 3XD E3 3XE E3 3XG E3 3XH E3 3XU E3 3YB E3 3YD E3 3ZH

In Tower Hamlets 012D

E3 3GB E3 3GD E3 3GE E3 3GF E3 3GG E3 3GH E3 3GJ E3 3GL E3 4AB E3 4AE E3 4DH E3 4DJ E3 4DL E3 4DS E3 4DT E3 4EA E3 4EE E3 4HD E3 4NA E3 4NB E3 4NE E3 4NP E3 4NR E3 4NS E3 4NU E3 4NX E3 4NY E3 4RE E3 4UR E3 4XA E3 4XB E3 4XD E3 4XE E3 4XF E3 4XG E3 4XH E3 4XJ E3 4XL E3 4XN E3 4XP E3 4XQ E3 4XR E3 4XS E3 4XT E3 4XW

In Tower Hamlets 012B

E3 3PR E3 3PS E3 3PT E3 3PW E3 3PX E3 3PY E3 3PZ E3 4BA E3 4BB E3 4BD E3 4BF E3 4BN E3 4BP E3 4BT E3 4BU E3 4DA E3 4DB E3 4EN E3 4EU E3 4EW E3 4GA E3 4GB E3 4GD

In Tower Hamlets 012A

E3 4BS E3 4BX E3 4BY E3 4EG E3 4EH E3 4EJ E3 4EL E3 4EP E3 4ER E3 4ES E3 4ET E3 4EY E3 4EZ E3 4HA E3 4HB E3 4HE E3 4HF

In Tower Hamlets 012E

E3 4JW E3 4LJ E3 4LN E3 4LQ E3 4LR E3 4LS E3 4LT E3 4LU E3 4LW E3 4LX E3 4LY E3 4LZ E3 4ND E3 4NG E3 4NJ E3 4NL E3 4NQ E3 4NW E3 4PG E3 4PQ E3 4PS E3 4PT E3 4PZ E3 4UE E3 4UF E3 4UJ E3 4YN

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Bromley-by-Bow West?: The median monthly rent across Bromley-by-Bow West is £2,396.
How safe is Bromley-by-Bow West?: Bromley-by-Bow West has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Bromley-by-Bow West?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 20 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Bromley-by-Bow West?: There are 47 schools within 2 km of Bromley-by-Bow West, of which 46% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 400 m away.
What is the council tax band in Bromley-by-Bow West?: The most common council tax band in Bromley-by-Bow West is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,700. Council tax is set by Tower Hamlets council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Bromley-by-Bow West to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Bromley-by-Bow West to central London is approximately 20 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Bromley-by-Bow West?: 100% of premises in Bromley-by-Bow West are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Bromley-by-Bow West?: Bromley-by-Bow West sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Bromley-by-Bow West?: 21% of households in Bromley-by-Bow West are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Bromley-by-Bow West?: The average property price across Tower Hamlets (the local authority covering Bromley-by-Bow West) is approximately £455,307, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Bromley-by-Bow West a commuter town or workplace hub?: Mixed — jobs and residents are roughly balanced. (1.11 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £45,183.)
Which local areas are part of Bromley-by-Bow West?: Bromley-by-Bow West contains 7 local areas: Tower Hamlets 012G, Tower Hamlets 012D, Tower Hamlets 012E, Tower Hamlets 012F, Tower Hamlets 012B…

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What is the average rent in Bromley-by-Bow West?: The estimated median monthly rent in Bromley-by-Bow West is £2,396. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Bromley-by-Bow West a safe place to live?: Bromley-by-Bow West has a safety score of 34/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Bromley-by-Bow West?: 46% of schools within 2 km of Bromley-by-Bow West are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Bromley-by-Bow West?: Public-transport commute time from Bromley-by-Bow West to central London is approximately 20 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Bromley-by-Bow West different from the rest of Tower Hamlets?: Bromley-by-Bow West contains 7 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Bromley-by-Bow West rank in Tower Hamlets?: Bromley-by-Bow West scores 68/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Tower Hamlets, see the Cities table on the Tower Hamlets page.

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